The Toronto Police accused a 50 -year -old man of first -degree murder in a cold case homicide since 1998.
Donna Oglive, 24, was found dead around 7 am in a parking lot in 130 Carlton St. in March 1998, Toronto Police said. She had been strangled, Det.-Sgt. Steve Smith said at a press conference on Friday.
Oglive had a son and had four months pregnant when he was killed, police said. She was from British Columbia and had only been in Toronto for five weeks.
He was working as a sex worker, and his death could have happened during a “sex trade transaction,” said Smith.
The defendant, who is from Gander, Newfoundland, was arrested at the Toronto Pearson International Airport on Thursday after midnight, according to a police press release on Friday.
He lived in Scarborough and worked as a truck driver when Oglive died.
Toronto Police says that advances in forensic technology have allowed them to resolve a cold case of 1998 that resulted in the death of Donna Oglive, 24. A 50 -year -old man from Terranova has been accused of first -degree murder.
At the time of his arrest, he flew regularly north of Alberta from Newfoundland every two weeks to work in the oil fields, said Smith. He had flown to Toronto from Edmonton when he was arrested.
“We need to find out what he has been doing in the last 25 years and make sure that there are no other victims, whether sexually motivated, or homicides in which he could participate,” said Smith.
The defendant is in custody, he said. He appeared on the bail court virtually on Thursday morning, according to the statement.
The genetic genetics of investigation led to arrest, according to the police
Police have been investigating the case since 1998, according to the press release.
The researchers developed a male DNA profile from evidence in the scene, but they could not find a coincidence in the National DNA data bank. In 2022, the police used the genetic genetic genetics that led them to the defendant’s family, Smith said.
“We were able to collect a DNA sample and demonstrate that [the accused] He was the person responsible for the death of Mrs. Oglive, “he said.
Oglive has little family in Canada, apart from a person who lives outside Ontario, said Smith.
He said that Toronto police have more than 800 historical homicides.
“When you can solve these cases, it’s a great feeling,” he said.
“It is good to make sure, especially when these people are still alive, who have to come and face justice, regardless of how long it will happen.”
The death of Oglive was the issue of a YouTube video published by the Toronto Police in December 2019, as well as a police podcast in October 2021 on unsolved homicides.
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